Kamloops-South Thompson

Kamloops-South Thompson

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Todd Stone United
District created	2008
First contested	2009
Last contested	2020

Kamloops-South Thompson is a former provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada in use from 2009 to 2024.

The district was established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008 and first contested in the 2009 general election. Under the 2021 British Columbia electoral redistribution that effect for the 2024 general election, both this riding and its sibling Kamloops-North Thompson were significantly reorganized, resulting in much of the eastern and rural portions of Kamloops-South Thompson's population being redistributed into Kamloops-North Thompson and the creation of the new district of Kamloops Centre taking in much of its western end.

Geography

As of the 2020 provincial election, Kamloops-South Thompson comprised the eastern portion of the Thompson-Nicola Regional District. It was located in central British Columbia. Communities in the electoral district consisted of Kamloops, south of the Thompson river and Chase.

Member of the Legislative Assembly

On account of the realignment of electoral boundaries, most incumbents did not represent the entirety of their listed district during the preceding legislative term. Claude Richmond, British Columbia Liberal Party was initially elected during the 2005 election to the Kamloops riding and didn't seek re-election. Kevin Krueger, BC Liberal sought re-election in the adjacent redrawn riding of Kamloops-South Thompson during the 2009 election rather than in the riding of Kamloops-North Thompson.

History

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Part of Kamloops prior to 2009
39th	2009–2013		Kevin Krueger	Liberal
40th	2013–2017		Todd Stone
41st	2017–2020
42nd	2020–2023
	2023–present			BC United

Electoral history

2020 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Todd Stone	13,453	51.14	−4.64	$45,977.93
	New Democratic	Anna Thomas	8,575	32.60	10.70	$7,276.89
	Green	Dan Hines	4,276	12.26	−4.60	$19,298.35
Total valid votes			26,304	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC

2017 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Todd Stone	15,465	55.78	−1.33	$57,128
	New Democratic	Nancy Bepple	6,072	21.90	−13.25	$18,044
	Green	Donovan Cavers	5,783	20.86	–	$15,965
	Libertarian	Jessica Lea Bradshaw	295	1.07	–	$135
	Communist	Beat Klossner	109	0.38	–
Total valid votes			27,724	100.00
Total rejected ballots			144	0.52
Turnout			27,868	64.60
Source: Elections BC

2013 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Todd Stone	14,956	57.11	3.25	$158,697
	New Democratic	Tom Friedman	9,204	35.15	0.25	$85,161
	Conservative	Peter Sharp	1,603	6.12	1.44	$8,900
	Independent	Brian Alexander	425	1.62	–	$6,135
Total valid votes			26,188	100.00
Total rejected ballots			157	0.60
Turnout			26,345	62.18
Source: Elections BC

B.C. General Election 2009 Kamloops-South Thompson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Kevin Krueger	12,548	53.86%	–	$100,532
	NDP	Tom Friedman	8,132	34.90%		$45,531
	Green	Bev Markle	1,529	6.56%	–	$3,658
	Conservative	Maria Dobi	1,090	4.68%		$5,548
Total Valid Votes			23,299	100%
Total Rejected Ballots			97	0.41%
Turnout			23,396	57.56%